Bad news for establishment Republicans and Democrats

If 2009 was the year of birth of the Tea Party movement, 2010 was the year of ascendancy of constitutional conservatism. In many ways, the movements are the same — except, perhaps, that the Tea Party is a movement of political activism by people who weren’t traditionally activists, and constitutional conservatism represents an awakening about the way back to American exceptionalism.

The more the general public is familiar with the constitution and the documents behind its creation the better it is for the country and the worse for those who want to dodge it.